Unit 18 B2

Question 1

take (v)

Answer 1

to perform an action *I decided to take the exam, even though I knew I was going to fail.

Question 2

pass (v)

Answer 2

to be successful in an examination or test *Do you think you’ll pass?

Question 3

read (v)

Answer 3

to look at and understand words in a letter, book, newspaper, etc *I read a few chapters every night.

Question 4

study (v)

Answer 4

to do work such as reading and homework *You need to study hard if you want to pass.

Question 5

test (n)

Answer 5

a set of written or spoken questions that is used for finding out how much someone knows about a subject *Did you get a good mark in your physics test?

Question 6

exam (n)

Answer 6

an important test of your knowledge, especially one that you take at school or university *I’m taking the exam in June.

Question 7

primary (adj)

Answer 7

relating to the education of children between the ages of about five and eleven *I really didn’t want to leave my primary school.

Question 8

secondary (adj)

Answer 8

relating to the education of children between the ages of 11 and 16 or 18 *Once Ian went to secondary school, he really developed a lot of self-confidence.

Question 9

high [school] (adj)

Answer 9

in the UK, a school for children between the ages of 11 and 18; in the US, a school for children between the ages of 14 and 18 *I hated high school because everyone was worried about being popular.

Question 10

colleague (n)

Answer 10

someone who works in the same organisation or department as you *Friends and colleagues will remember him with affection.

Question 11

classmate (n)

Answer 11

someone who is in your class at school *I get on well with all my classmates.

Question 12

prefect (n)

Answer 12

in some schools in the UK, an older student who controls the activities of younger students and helps them to obey the rules *The headteacher chooses the prefects at the start of each academic year.

Question 13

pupil (n)

Answer 13

someone who goes to school or who has lessons in a particular subject *All the pupils stood up as the head teacher entered the room.

Question 14

student (n)

Answer 14

someone who goes to a university, college or school *Jennifer is one of my best students.

Question 15

qualifications (n)

Answer 15

something such as a degree or a diploma that you get when you successfully finish a course of study *Simon left school with no qualifications.

Question 16

qualities (n)

Answer 16

positive features of a person’s character *What qualities do you most admire in others?

Question 17

count (v)

Answer 17

to calculate how many people or things there are in a group *All the votes have been counted.

Question 18

measure (v)

Answer 18

to find the exact size, amount, speed or rate of something *We measured from the back of the house to the fence.

Question 19

degree (n)

Answer 19

a course of study at a university, or the qualification that you get after completing the course *She’s doing a degree at Exeter University.

Question 20

certificate (n)

Answer 20

an official document that proves that you have passed an examination or have successfully completed a course *Doctors use their certificates up in their offices to show that they are qualified.

Question 21

results (n)

Answer 21

the mark that a student gets in an examination *You should get your exam results next week.

Question 22

speak (v)

Answer 22

to be able to talk in a particular language *Do you speak Chinese?

Question 23

talk (v)

Answer 23

to speak to, or have a conversation *Can their baby talk yet?

Question 24

lesson (n)

Answer 24

a period of time in which students are taught about a subject in school *Don’t forget to bring your books to Monday’s lesson.

Question 25

subject (n)

Answer 25

something that you learn or teach in a school, for example English, mathematics or biology *I prefer science subjects, like physics and biology, to arts subjects.

Question 26

achieve (v)

Answer 26

to succeed in doing or having something *We have achieved what we set out to do.

Question 27

reach (v)

Answer 27

to get to a particular point in time, or to a particular stage in a process *The children have reached the age when they want more privacy.

Question 28

task (n)

Answer 28

something that you have to do, often something that is difficult or unpleasant *Ken began the difficult task of organising the information.

Question 29

effort (n)

Answer 29

physical or mental energy needed to do something *Writing a book takes a lot of time and effort.

Question 30

know (v)

Answer 30

to be familiar with someone or something, for example because you have met them before or been to a place before *Do you know Terry Davis?

Question 31

recognise (v)

Answer 31

to know someone or something because you have seen, heard or met them before *I recognised her from the photograph.

Question 32

teach (v)

Answer 32

to help students to learn something in a school, college or university by giving lessons *He teaches children with learning difficulties.

Question 33

learn (v)

Answer 33

to gain knowledge or experience of something, for example by studying *What did you learn at school today?